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Second Post-Apple Newton Life?

Posted by michael on from the newton-beyond-thunderdome dept.

An anonymous reader with a lot of time on his hands writes "As seen on Slashdot b e f o r e, the Newton refuses to die. Since Apple discontinued it, it got ATA, WiFi, Bluetooth, Zeroconf and even a NES emulator. Now, several Mac news sites r e p o r t, Newton users founded an association with John Sculley, who pushed the Newton at Apple, as its honorary president. They're organizing a conference in Paris in September. How long until all these users switch to new hardware?"

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  1. Hrm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    All lingering sentimentality and nostalgia aside...the newton is o.k.

    But to be honest, there are a grip of PDAs out there that I find much, much more effective, both as productivity tools and infotainment toys.

    I just get the feeling this is another of those apple fanboy posts where everyone does a circle jerk and drools on each other...

    Reminds me of the Apple slogan "Think Different."

    Well, gee... If everyone thought "different" (meaning everyone bought Apple) then what would happen? EVERYONE WOULD BE THE SAME (with regards to computers etc)... Sickening. It's almost as bad as them using a Hollywood 'genius' as their spokeman.. Goldbloom is fine and all, but this is just going too far.